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Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Country Names
> 1. The name of which country is the name given to three strikes in
> a row in 10-pin bowling? (Or, at least, it was until late 2021,
> when the country changed its name.)
Turkey
> 2. The surname of the man who the NBA's web site describes as the
> greatest basketball player of all time.
Jordan
> 3. A word in the title of a 1963 James Bond movie.
Russia
> 4. A word in the title of a 1979 movie starring Jane Fonda, Jack
> Lemmon, and Michael Douglas, about a safety cover-up at a
> nuclear power plant.
China
> 5. The first name of the artist, renowned for her paintings of
> enlarged flowers and scenes of New Mexico, who is called "the
> Mother of American Modernism".
Georgia
> 6. The first name of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for
> "Jerry Maguire".
Cuba
> 7. The surname of the poet, journalist, and novelist who won the
> 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature. Hints: His first name is
> Anatole, and the country is in Europe.
France
> 8. A word that occurs 8 times -- sometimes preceded by the word
> "hanging" or "dimpled" -- in the US Supreme Court's decision in
> Bush v. Gore, the case that effectively decided the presidential
> election in the year 2000? Hint: the country is in Africa.
Chad
> 9. A pre-decimalization coin equal to 21 shillings. Hints: The
> country is in Africa, and its name occurs within the names of
> three other countries.
Guinea
> 10. A word in the name of a 17th-century palace and a large garden,
> both in Paris, located near the Sorbonne and the Pantheon.
> Hint: the country is in Europe.
Luxembourg
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Rose by Any Other Name
> * A. Entertainment
> A2. Loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin, the 1979 film
> "The Rose" stars which iconic actress/singer?
Bette Midler
> * B. History
> B1. "The Romance of the Rose" is the English title of an
> allegorical poem written between 1240 and 1275 -- in
> what language?
French
> B2. The AMORC (Toronto headquarters on Broadview Av.) is a
> mystical order better known by what name?
Rosicrucians
> * C. Miscellaneous
> C1. The line "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
> is from Act 2, Scene 2, of which play?
Romeo and Juliet
> * D. Science
> D1. Often used to make tea, the berry-like fruit of the rose
> plant is given what name?
rose hip
> D2. Rose gold is made by alloying gold with 3% silver and about
> 22% of which element?
copper
> * E. Sports
> E1. Pete Rose is the all-time Major League leader in hits
> (with 4,256) and singles (3,215). Why, then, is he not
> in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
because of his betting scandal
> E2. The most prestigious of the US college football bowl games,
> the Rose Bowl is traditionally played on New Year's Day in
> which California city? (Specific city, not metropolitan
> area.)
Pasadena
> * F. Literature
> F1. The phrase "A rose is a rose is a rose" originates in a
> 1913 poem by which author?
Gertrude Stein
> F2. Kurt Vonnegut's fifth novel was a social satire about a
> philanthropist trying to give away his fortune. Name it.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
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